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In the next few months, CMC-Pineville will finish construction on its latest expansion — a $300 million project that has been going on for five years.
WHAT'S NEW This spring, CMC-Pineville
is completing an expansion that has touched nearly every part of the hospital. Here are projects the hospital will have completed since 2007:
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CMC President Chris Hummer says this hospital expansion won't be the last.
doctor, says that when she worked at CMC-Mercy for a nine-month stint in 2010 and 2011, many of her patients came from south Charlotte, because CMC-Pineville did not have the beds to take them. Hospital officials say they had to transfer 1,800 patients last year because they lacked space. Now, Strawhun is at CMC- Pineville. She tells of an elderly patient who was found unconscious in her home, with a low body temperature and her heart, kidney and lungs beginning to fail. She was rushed to CMC- Pineville. Previously, doctors
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there would have stabilized her, then transferred her to Carolinas Medical Center or CMC-Mercy. Now, with more equipment and
more rooms, the patient was able to stay at CMC-Pineville, where doctors diagnosed her with a bacterial blood infection springing from pneumonia. The woman is expected to recover. Because of the expansion, "you
have families from this area that can more easily visit their loved ones," Strawhun says. As it has grown, the hospital
has started reaching beyond Charlotte, too. About one-third
of its patients live in York and Lancaster counties in South Carolina.
New Layout On a recent tour of the
hospital's new wing, Hummer walked by workers whose drills were whirring as they put finishing touches on carpeting, doors and furniture. As he moved from a hallway through a door and into another hallway, Hummer noted that one of his main worries about the additions is whether people will be able to find their way around. The hospital has
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